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Jiemian Yang

Senior Fellow and Director, SIIS’s Academic Committee 

Jiemian Yang is a senior fellow and the director of SIIS’s academic committee, Counsellor of Shanghai Municipal People's Government. He received his B.A. at the Shanghai Teachers’ University, M.A. at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS) and M.A. at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Ph.D. at the Shanghai International Studies University. Concurrently, Dr. Yang is on the boards of the China National Association for International Studies, the Chinese People Institute of Foreign Affairs, the National Association of China-U.S. Friendship, The National Association of American Studies, and Shanghai Association of International Relations, Shanghai Institute for International Strategic Studies, Shanghai Association of Taiwan Studies and many other organizations. Dr. Yang is also a guest professor/fellow at Shanghai International Studies University and East China Normal University. His honors include National Special Awards, Shanghai Outstanding Talent Award and several Shanghai Awards in Social Sciences. Dr. Yang has published many papers or books on international relations and American foreign policies. 

Abdelhak Bassou

Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center

Abdelhak Bassou is Senior Fellow at OCP Policy Center. He occupied several offices within the Directorate General of the Moroccan National Security where he was Borders’ Division Chief from 1978 to 1993. He was the former Director of the Royal Institute of Police in 1998. He also served as the Chief of Regional Security (Errachidia 1999-2003, Sidi Kacem 2003-2005) and was also Head of the Central General Intelligence from 2006 to 2009.

He also contributed to the output of several international organizations endeavors including the Council of Arab Interior Ministers from 1986 to 1992, where he represented the Directorate General of National Security in several meetings. Abdelhak Bassou holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science and International Studies from the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of Agdal in Rabat

Liangxiang Jin

Research Fellow, Center for West Asian and African Studies, SIIS 

Liangxiang Jin, research fellow at the Center for West Asian and African Studies, SIIS, is specialized in the Middle East international relations, and particularly engaged in the field of energy security and geopolitics, and the Iranian nuclear issue. He was a visiting scholar of the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Israel from October 2002 to June 2003. 

Mohamed Maliki

Director, Asia and Oceania Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Mohmamed Maliki is the director of Asia and Oceania Affairs, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco. Having held a diploma on “Diplomatic studies” from the “Pakistan Foreign Service Academy”, Islamabad, he engaged in a diplomatic career by becoming First Secretary of Foreign Affairs, in charge of the Technical Cooperation with African countries at African Affairs Directorate. He was Deputy Ambassador at the Moroccan Embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 1994 to 2000. From 2001 to 2003, he became Head of Eastern and Southern African Countries Department, African Affairs Directorate (MAEC). Before joining and leading the Asia and Oceania Affairs (2011 to present), from 2003 to 2007, he was appointed Deputy Ambassador at the Moroccan Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Fathallah Oualalou

Economist and Senior Fellow OCP Policy Center

Fathallah Oualalou is an economist, Former Minister of Economy and Finance, of Privatisation and Tourism, Former Mayor, City of Rabat and Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center.

Fathallah Oualalou was born in 1942 in Rabat. He graduated in economy from Mohammed V University in 1964 and obtained a diploma on economy in 1966 in Paris. He was appointed Ministry of Economy in 1998 and Ministry of Finance in 2002. He is professor at Mohammed V University and chairs the Association of Moroccan Economists and Union of Arab Economists. After over 20 years as member of the Municipal Council, he was Mayor of Rabat from 2009 to 2015.

Weijian Li

Executive Director, China Association for Middle East Studies, and senior fellow, SIIS

Weijian Li holds the titles of Executive Director of China Association for Middle East Studies，senior fellow of Shanghai Institute for International Strategic Studies, Council member of Shanghai Society for International Relations, Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association. Prof. Li worked at Cairo University (Egypt), University of Illinois (US), Center for Strategic and International Studies (US) as visiting fellow. He serves as the editorial board member for China-based monthly journal West Asia and Africa and the bi-monthly journal Arab World Studies as well. Prof. Li is a renowned scholar in Middle East studies. Currently his research also focuses on the studies of China’s public diplomacy and China’s foreign relations

Karim El Aynaoui

Economist and Managing Director, OCP Policy Center

Karim El Aynaoui is currently Managing Director of OCP Policy Center and advisor to the CEO and Chairman of OCP, a global leader in the phosphate sector. From 2005 to 2012 he worked at Bank Al-Maghrib, the Central Bank of Morocco. He was the Director of Economics and International Relations, where he provided strategic leadership in defining and supporting monetary policy analysis and strategy. He was also in charge of the Statistical and International Relations Divisions of the Central Bank, led the research division and was a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. Before joining Bank Al-Maghrib, Karim El Aynaoui worked for eight years at the World Bank, both in its Middle Eastern and North Africa, and Africa regions as an economist. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Bordeaux, where he taught for three years. He has published articles in scientific journals on macroeconomic issues in developing countries.

Zhang Weiting

Researcher, SIIS

Zhang Weiting is now doing postdoctoral research at SIIS. He got a BA in Communications from Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) in 2002, and then worked as a journalist with Cable TV station of the university. He received MA in Educational Technology in 2007 and PhD in International Studies in 2014 also from SISU. His research focuses on the region of Middle East, with a special attention to Turkey and Iran.

Abdallah Saaf

Political Scientist and Professor, University Mohammed-V Rabat

Professor of Political sciences at Mohamed V Rabat University, Director of the Center for Studies in Social Sciences Research (CERSS), and Founder of the Moroccan Association of Political Science and Director of Abhath Review.

He was a member of the commission in charge of revising the Constitution during July 2011, and member of the Scientific Committee at the Global Forum for Humans rights.

Abdallah Saaf is a former Minister of Education from 1998 to 2004. He manages an annual publication called “Strategic Report of Morocco” since 1995.